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  Which novel by Gustave Flaubert serves as the intertext in Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes? see if you know the answer
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  Who wrote Flaubert's Parrot? see if you know the answer
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  In Julian Barnes' "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters," the anobium domesticum narrates a retelling of the Noah's Ark tale. In another chapter, this same species is put on trial. What is it?

A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
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  In Barnes' "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters," the story The Visitors features a cruise ship hijacked by terrorists. The passengers of the ship are divided by nationality and executed in order of their nation's antipathy to the terrorists' cause. Who are the first to go?

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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
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  Which oil painting is discussed in "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters" by Julian Barnes? see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: very difficult
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  Subtract Dodie Smith's Dalmatians from Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey, then add the age Adrian Mole was when he started keeping his diary and the number of the platform where Harry Potter catches the Hogwarts Express, plus Joseph Heller's Catch and Thomas Pynchon's Lot. Now subtract the number of chapters in Julian Barnes' History of the World and you should have the title of another book - by whom? see if you know the answer
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Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 25 times (6.9%)
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